Practically mandatory reading for this module is the Surgeon General's 1996 Report on Physical Activity and Health. You should also read the consensus statement of the National Institutes of Health: Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health.

Audio Introduction [Text version]

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Contents

Physical Activity and Health: Lecture Slides. Physical Activity lecture is also available in text only and MP3 [audio, 24:59] formats.

1. Physical activity and health: Main Menu
2. Health-related activity: Submenu
3. Health-related activity: explained
4. Health-related activity: examples
5. Activity and Mortality
6. Relative risk for all cause mortality in men and women:
7. Activity and Health Prescription
8. Fitness-related activity: Submenu
9. Fitness-related activity: explained
10. Fitness-related activity: examples
11. Fitness and heart disease
12. Components of fitness: Submenu
13. Aerobic endurance
14. Aerobic activity: examples
15. Benefits of aerobic activity
16. Aerobic endurance: exercise prescription
17. How to measure heart rate
18. Heart rate as a predictor of fitness
19. Exercise benefit zone (EBZ)
20. Muscular strength and endurance
21. Muscular strength activities
22. Benefits of strength training
23. Muscular strength and endurance: exercise prescription
24. Flexibility
25. Reasons to stretch
26. How to stretch
27. Body composition
28. Body fat goals
29. Measuring body composition